Paperboard pole stand



Jan. 29, 1963 A. HENNEL 3,075,734

PAPERBOARD POLE s'rANn Filed June 6, 1961 Sttes Uite This invention relates to display stands of the type commonly employed in retail stores for advertising or the display of merchandise.

The invention comprehends an improved stand for a display of this type, comprising a pole removably received in and supported by a base.

Many of the pole stands in use today requires a supporting member or base'which is complex, cumbersome, diiiicult to erect, and expensive to produce.

It is, therefore, a primary object of this invention to provide, in a pole stand of the type described, a pole supporting base which is of simple design and construction, and which can be readily assembled and disassembled, and which can be formed oi a one-piece blank of foldable paperboard so a-s to be economical to produce.

A more specific object of the invention is the provision, in a pole stand of the type described, of a pole supporting base member which includes integral means 'operable to receive and retain the pole therewithin, without outside securing means such as staples, adhesive, or other retaining element-s, and also operable to maintain the base itself in assembled condition.

These and other objects of the invention will be apparent from an examination of the following description and drawings, wherein:

FIGURE l is a perspective view of the base and a portion of the pole of a display stand embodying features of the invention;

`FEGURE 2 is a partial vertical section taken on line 2 2 of FiGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a partial horizontal section taken on line 3 3 of FIGURE l; and

FIGURE 4 is a plane view of the blank from which the base of the FIGURE 1 may be formed.

It will be understood that, for purposes of clarity, certain elements have been intentionally omitted from certain views where they are illustrated to better advantage in other views.

Inasrnuch as the nature and character of the merchandise receiving tray or advertising sign which can be carried by a pole stand of the type embodied in this invention does not form an essential part of this invention, the description of the invention will be limited to a description of the structure of the pole supporting member or base and that portion of the pole which is received within the base.

Referring now to the drawing for a better understanding of the invention, and particularly to FIGURE l, it will be seen that the stand includes a preferably cylindrical hollow pole having its lower extremity received within and supported by a base or supporting member, indicated generally at 12.

Still reterring to FIGURE 1 of the drawing, it will be seen that the base 12 comprises a plurality of legs 14, preferably four in number, having upper portions merging into a generally horizontal center wall 16 presenting a circular opening 18 extending therethrough for receipt of the lower extremity of the pole 10.

The entire base 12 may be formed from the single blank foldable paperboard, indicated generally at 19 in FIGURE 4 of the drawing, which can be cut and scored so as to be formable into the shape illustrated in FIG- URE 1 of the drawing.

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lfi Patented dan. 29, i953 Each of the legs 14 of the base includes a pair of horizontally spaced generally vertically extending side wall panels 20 and a downwardly and outwardly sloping top wall panel 22 which is hingedly connected at its side edges along hinge lines 24 to the respective side wall panels 20. Each top wall panel 22 is preferably triangular in shape being wider at its upper or inner extremity and tapering down to a point at its lower or outer extremity. At their upward or inner extremities .the leg top wall panels 22 are hingedly connected along hinge lines 26 to the respective outer edges of the generally horizontally disposed center wall panel 16.

Each side wall panel 20 is hingedly connected at its inner edge, along a generally vertically extending hinge line 28, to the inner edge of the side wall panel 26 of an adjacent leg of the base. Thus, when the base is assembled, as shown in IFIGUREI l, the hinge lines 28 interconnecting adjacent side wall panels of the respec- -tive base legs are all disposed in relatively close proximity .to each other and in substantial vertical alignment with .the pole receiving opening 18 of the base center wall 16.

the opening 40.

The purpose or function of the openings 4@ and tabs 42, best illustrated in FIGURES 2 and 3 of the drawing, is to receive and engage the lower edge or extremity of the hollow pole li?. It will be seen that when the base is folded and assembled to the position illustrated in FIGURE l, with the openings 40 and tabs 42 of the respective hinge lines 28 disposed below the pole receiving opening 18 in the base center Wall 16, the pole can be inserted downwardly through the opening 18 until its lower extremity engages and is received within the openings 4Q with the tabs 4t2 being positioned within the pole.

In this way the engagement between the openings and tabs of the Ibase and the pole serves the dual purpose of maintaining the pole in proper position within the base and interlocking the separate legs of the base with each other to maintain the base in a rigid erected condition.

It will be further understood that, for purposes of storing and transporting the base, it may be knocked down to a iiat condition and then readily'assembled by folding the leg members about their respective hinge lines until the base is in condition to receive the lower extremity of the pole.

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l. A pole stand assembly, comprising: a hollow cylindrical pole; and a collapsible pole supporting base formed from a unitary 4blank of foldable paperboard, said base having a plurality of legs each including a pair of generally vertically extending side panels hingedly interconnected by a relatively narrow generally triangular top panel interposed therebetween, the adjacent side panels of respective legs being hingedly interconnected along generally vertically extending hinge lines, the top panels of respective legs being hingedly connected at their inner edges along generally horizontal hinge lines to a center panel which has extending vertically therethrough a hole for receiving said pole, each pair of adjacent leg side'panels having at the hinge line interconnecting them a generally A-shaped opening for receiving a lower portion of said pole, and having extending into said opening a generally triangular projection for receipt Within the lower end or) said pole, so that the interconnection between the lower end of the pole and the respective openings and projections of the base is operable to support the pole by the base and maintain the base in assembled condition, portions of said leg side panels being cut out to provide, at the outer ends thereof, feet for supporting said base on a generallyhorizontal surface.

2. A pole stand assembly, comprising: a hollow pole; and a collapsible pole supporting base formed from a unitary ,blank of foldable paperboard, said base having a plurality of legs each including a pair of generally 'vertically extending side panels hingedly interconnected by a relatively narrow generally triangular top panel interposed therebetween, the adjacent side panels of respective legs being hingedly interconnected along generally vertically extending hinge lines, the top panels of respective legs being hingedly connected at their inner edges along generally horizontallyY hinge lines to a center panel which has extending vertically therethrough a Yhole for receiving said pole, each pair of adjacent leg side .panels having at the hinge line interconnecting them a generally A-shaped opening for receiving a lower portion of. said pole and having extending into said opening a generally triangular projection for receipt within the lower end of said pole, so that the interconnection between the lower end of the pole and the respective openings and projections of the base is operable to support the pole by the base and maintainV the base in assembled condition.

=3. A pole stand assembly, comprising:

(a) a hollow pole; and

(b) a collapsible pole supporting base formed from a unitary blank of foldable paperboard;

(c) said base having a plurality of legs each including a pair of generally 'vertically extending side panels hingedly interconnected by a relatively narrow top panel interposed therebetween;

(d) the top panels of respective legs being hingedly connected at their inner edges along generally horizontal hinge lines to a center panel;

(te) said` center panel'` having extending vertically therethrough a hole for receiving said pole;

(f) the adjacent side panels oi respective legs being hingedly interconnected alongv generally vertical hinge lines;

(h) each pair of adjacent leg side panels having at the hinge line interconnecting them a slot, cut partially in each panel and formed and, arranged to receive a portion of the lower end of said pole to interconnect said: pole and said base;

() said interconnection between the pole and the slots of the base serving to connect the side walls of. the base to each other and thereby maintain the base in erected' condition and at the same timeto releasably support the pole. from the base.

References Cited in the iile olf` this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS FOREIGN PATENTS 99,620 Austria Apr. l0, 1925 Disclaimer 3,075,734.Anwng/ Hennel, Skokie, Ill. PAPERBOARD POLE STAND. Patent dated Jan. 29, 1963. Disclaimer filed IMM'. 24:, 1965, by the assignee, Container Oorpomtz'on of Amem'ea. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims l [Oficial Gazette June 29, 1965.]

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1. A POLE STAND ASSEMBLY, COMPRISING: A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL POLE; AND A COLLAPSIBLE POLE SUPPORTING BASE FORMED FROM A UNITARY BLANK OF FOLDABLE PAPERBOARD, SAID BASE HAVING A PLURALITY OF LEGS EACH INCLUDING A PAIR OF GENERALLY VERTICALLY EXTENDING SIDE PANELS HINGEDLY INTERCONNECTED BY A RELATIVELY NARROW GENERALLY TRIANGULAR TOP PANEL INTERPOSED THEREBETWEEN, THE ADJACENT SIDE PANELS OF RESPECTIVE LEGS BEING HINGEDLY INTERCONNECTED ALONG GENERALLY VERTICALLY EXTENDING HINGE LINES, THE TOP PANELS OF RESPECTIVE LEGS BEING HINGEDLY CONNECTED AT THEIR INNER EDGES ALONG GENERALLY HORIZONTAL HINGE LINES TO A CENTER PANEL WHICH HAS EXTENDING VERTICALLY THERETHROUGH A HOLE FOR RECEIVING SAID POLE, EACH PAIR OF ADJACENT LEG SIDE PANELS HAVING AT THE HINGE LINE INTERCONNECTING THEM A GENERALLY A-SHAPED OPENING FOR RECEIVING A LOWER PORTION OF SAID POLE, AND HAVING EXTENDING INTO SAID OPENING A GENERALLY TRIANGULAR PROJECTION FOR RECEIPT WITHIN THE LOWER END OF SAID POLE, SO THAT THE INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN THE LOWER END OF THE POLE AND THE RESPECTIVE OPENINGS AND PROJECTIONS OF THE BASE IS OPERABLE TO SUPPORT THE POLE BY THE BASE AND MAINTAIN THE BASE IN ASSEMBLED CONDITION, PORTIONS OF SAID LEG SIDE PANELS BEING CUT OUT TO PROVIDE, AT THE OUTER ENDS THEREOF, FEET FOR SUPPORTING SAID BASE ON A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL SURFACE. 